Adrift in a Borderland
Research group
Research on the everyday bordering practices that exclude asylum seekers and refugees, and the activities of de-bordering.
In 2018, we started a collective research process to examine the everyday lives of asylum seekers with the people who have arrived in Finland as asylum seekers and refugees, as well as with the civic activists who work by their side. Our research focuses on the everyday bordering practices that exclude asylum seekers and refugees, and the activities of de-bordering. Methodologically, we make use of the critical qualitative research approach – drifting, which we have adopted from the feminist collective Precarias a la deriva. Thus, our work combines the traditions of mobilities research and activist research.
Research group description
During drifts participants move together through socio-spatial environments while engaging in discussions inspired by their experiences and the places they visit.
Keywords
Group members - UEF
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Anni Rannikko University Lecturer , Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Department of Social Sciences -
Sanna Ryynänen University Lecturer , Department of Social Sciences, Social Pedagogy -
Tiina Sotkasiira Senior Researcher , Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Department of Social Sciences
Others
Other group members
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Päivikki Rapo paivikki.rapo@gmail.com